H.R. No. 471



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Family and friends are celebrating the life of 
Bennye Carol Frazier of San Antonio, who passed away on April 10, 
2006, at the age of 76; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Johnson City on March 18, 1930, Mrs. Frazier 
earned a bachelor's degree from Incarnate Word College and a 
master's in educational psychology and guidance and counseling from 
The University of Texas at San Antonio; and
	WHEREAS, A skilled and dedicated teacher, she worked with 
at-risk students enrolled in Coordinated Vocational Academic 
Education Cooperative; during a career that spanned nearly 30 
years, she taught at Churchill and Lanier High Schools; and
	WHEREAS, Held in the highest regard by her colleagues, she 
became the first woman to serve as state president of the Texas 
Industrial Vocational Association, an organization composed 
overwhelmingly of men, and she also served two terms as president of 
the San Antonio Teachers Council; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Frazier played an active role in the community, 
leading the San Antonio Calligraphers Guild for two years and 
devoting significant time and energy to groups concerned with 
heritage preservation; she served as president of the San Antonio 
Schools Archives Association, which has worked to preserve the 
history of education in San Antonio, and as president of the Harp 
and Shamrock Society, a group devoted to the celebration of Irish 
culture and Irish contributions to Texas; she also belonged to the 
San Antonio Conservation Society and served as paper chair of A 
Night in Old San Antonio; and
	WHEREAS, A stalwart of the Bexar County Democratic Party, 
Mrs. Frazier held the offices of chairman, secretary, and treasurer 
in that organization and also served on the State Democratic 
Executive Committee; over the years she helped numerous candidates, 
in races at every level, and in 2000 she cofounded a political 
action committee by the name of Wise Ol' Women (WOW); and
	WHEREAS, Bennye Frazier brought to her many endeavors an 
unfailing integrity, purposefulness, and generosity of spirit that 
won her the affection and esteem of countless fellow citizens, and 
her memory will be forever cherished by all who were privileged to 
share in the richness of her life; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Bennye Carol Frazier and extend sincere sympathy to the members of 
her family:  to her husband of 50 years, Tom Frazier; to her 
children, Ricks Frazier and his wife, Rita, Joe Frazier and his 
wife, Mia, Julie Alexander and her husband, Ron, and Erin Burnett 
and her husband, Wayne; to her grandchildren, Nicholas Frazier, 
Kevin Frazier, Justin and Meaghan Alexander, Stephanie and Amanda 
Anderson, Kirstin Burnett, and Mathew, Kamala, and Kameryn Frazier; 
to her great-grandson, Hunter Wilson Meadows; to her brother, 
Howard Bennett Edgeworth, Jr., and his wife, Katy; and to her many 
other relatives and friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Bennye 
Carol Frazier.

                                                                          Castro


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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 471 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on May 12, 2006.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House